Improvement in harness-frames for looms



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. CASEY, HENRY AUEL, AND JAMES JOHNSON, OF MYSTIC RIVER,CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT lN HARNESS-FRAMES FOR LOOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,575, dated May25,1875; application filed April 7, 1875. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES E. CASEY, HENRY AUEL, and JAMEs J OHNSON, ofMystic River, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness- Frames forLooms; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, that will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to harness-frames for looms; and it consists inthe construction and mode of fastening the rods therein, as will be endof each bar or rod C is a hole for the insertion of a hook, I), which ispivoted at the outer edge of one of the side pieces A. The other end ofthe bar C is inserted and pivoted in the inner split end of an eccentricor camshaped lever, D. The bar is passed through both the side pieces Aand the hook I) fastened in the hole or eye in the end thereof, when theeccentric lever is turned down, causing its eccentric or cam-shaped endto bear against the metal bar a and fasten the rod or bar C tightly inthe frame, so that the hook cannot come out.

By simply reversing the eccentric lever l), the bar C is loosenedsufliciently to allow the hook to be taken out of the eye, and the barcan be drawn out.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the harness-frame A B, having slots or mortises inits side pieces, of the rods or bars C C, having eyes at one end, theeccentric levers D D pivoted at the other end of said rods, and thehooks b 1), whereby the rods can be readily withdrawn and inserted, theseveral parts being arranged and operating together, as and for thepurpose herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set out handsand seals this 3d day of April, 1875.

JAS. E. CASEY. [L. s.] HENRY AUEL. |L. s] JAMES JOHNSON. Witnesses:

F. A. HoLMEs, S. P. AL Y-N.

